LA 2028 Breaks With Scheduling Norms

Unlike Paris 2024, athletics events will take place in first week, before swimming starts

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LOS ANGELES - Organizers of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics on July 14 released the first look at the Olympic competition schedule, highlighting a historic reshuffling of key events and the most ambitious sports lineup in Games history.

The announcement comes as the city marks three years to go until the opening ceremony and celebrates a major legacy milestone—more than one million enrollments in the PlayLA youth sports program.

For the first time in nearly three decades, the Summer Olympics will return to the United States, with Los Angeles hosting for the third time, after 1932 and 1984.

The 2028 Games are set to feature 844 ticketed events designed to maximize both domestic and international viewership.

Organizers revealed that the opening ceremony will take place on July 14, 2028, at 5 pm local time, split between the LA Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. The closing ceremony is scheduled for July 30 at the Coliseum.

Breaking with Olympic tradition, LA28 will reverse the typical schedule of athletics and swimming.